Carrying boxes past signs of thanks for their service, fired State Department workers were hugged and applauded as they left their headquarters for the last time. More than 1,300 State Department employees fired in July, some focusing on intelligence activities, U.S. energy interests abroad, strategic competition with China and visa fraud. The lay offs are … Read more
Billy TuckerJul 17, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close • Recruiting coordinator for ESPN RecruitingNation.• Nearly a decade of college coaching experience. • Has been evaluating prospects at ESPN since 2006. One of our favorite exercises while looking at the top high school talent in the country is ranking the top 25 college football recruits regardless … Read more
The independence of central banks, which allows policymakers to operate free from political meddling, is considered sacrosanct by investors and economists. Source link
Elon Musk’s xAI is in discussions to lease data center capacity in Saudi Arabia, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The startup is in discussion with two potential partners: Humain, a Saudi-backed AI company offering xAI several gigawatts of capacity, and another company building a smaller but more immediately available … Read more
Genelia D’Souza returns to Telugu cinema with Junior after over a decade, sharing her pride in co-stars Jr. NTR, Ram Charan, and Allu Arjun. She further credits the South for shaping her career and recalls being mistaken for a newcomer in Bollywood. Junior hits the theatres on July 18, 2025. Genelia D’Souza is back where … Read more
McALLEN, Texas — In 2006, top U.S. Border Patrol officials were asked how long it would take to hire 6,000 agents, a roughly 50% increase at the time. Michael Fisher, then deputy chief in San Diego, says the officials concluded they would need five years. “You have 2 1/2 years,” Fisher recalls being told. With … Read more
Emily KeoghJul 17, 2025, 05:00 AM ET Close Based in London, Emily Keogh is ESPN’s women’s soccer correspondent, specializing in the WSL and UWCL Arsenal confirmed the signing of Canada international Olivia Smith on a long-term contract, with sources telling ESPN that it is a world-record fee and the first £1 million transfer in women’s … Read more
Senator Ron Wyden has found that four banks waited until Mr. Epstein’s arrest on federal charges to flag $1.5 billion in suspicious transactions. Mr. Wyden wants the documents made public. Source link
WeTransfer, the platform used by many creative professionals to transfer their work online, has faced intense user backlash for the past couple of days over its updated terms of service agreement. Now it is trying to patch things up. The Netherlands-based company on Tuesday, July 15, announced it has tweaked its service terms to remove … Read more
A judge has approved a conditional release plan for a Wisconsin woman who nearly killed her classmate years ago to please the fictional horror character Slender Man. Waukesha County Circuit Judge Scott Wagner signed off Thursday on the plan to release Morgan Geyser, now 22, from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute, a psychiatric hospital where … Read more